Marder III Ausf.M

[fumblethumbs]

Definitely looking great Chris!!

 

[Chris S]

Thanks fella's .

Sorry about the slight break in transmission .I've been taking care of a lot of the small bits and pieces . Tool box ,jack ,pioneer tools etc .The upper hull is now ready for paint ;D .So I can get on with the side walls and fighting comp .

Tool box .....there is three bits of etch to each latch !!....my eyes hurt !



tools all fitted . The gun is not fixed on ,its just there to position the clamp .









Maybe get some paint on tonight ....we'll see ;D

Thanks for looking.

Chris.

 

[spud]

it apears i have that tool box also.. mabe ill send it to you to build for me

 

[Chris S]

((((lol))) ;D Its not that bad Spud ,the box itself is easy ,but the latches are TINY !!..I just thought I'd have a go ,if it goes pear shaped you still have the plastic option ,but Im sure you can handle it mate

Chris.

 

[spud]

lol ill set upmy macro and put it on teh screen so i can see better

 

[Tony lee]

BRAVO,nice PE fellow.
Give us MORE

Tony lee ;D

 

[Chris S]

Thanks Tony ..Im happy if you're happy ;D....BTW ,have you got any pics of the radios ?, Id like to add a little wiring ,but havent got any good ref pics , I think it would look better with a few wires

Chris.

 

[K-4]

Hey Cris really good progress.


Cheers

Richard

 

[Tony lee]

Chris I did have radio photos that I had collected but my computer bought the farm and it's all on there.
I'll keep an eye out for ya though.

Tony lee

 

[Chris S]

No worries Tony ,thanks mate

K-4 ,Thanks for the comment bud

Chris.

 

[longlance67]

Howdie chris

great build mate

shame i missed so much of this great build :-\ but im here now ;D



cracking stuff


shane

 

[Chris S]

Thanks Shane ,good to have you along fella

Chris.

 

[Big-John]

Nice work Chris,

What color of green paint did you use for the engine and tranny?

 

[spud]

chris i came along this looking for somthing it should help with your wiring, and now ya know ima have to do some was kind of planning on it any how hope this helps

 

[panzerace007]

Tiny PieceZ ! WoW CHRIS , th tool box is Bangin' ! Awesome job on th latches. Fiddly to say th least ! May I intrest you in an Opti-Visor ? ( unless you already have one .. ) It makes stuff like this a breeze , but again if you have one then you know !

Are ya' still lookin for German Radio Pix ? I've found some here & there alone th way whilst building Wittmann's Tiger.

- http://panzerfaust.ca/AFV%20interiors/germrads.html - Awesome Reference. It even shows you how they were wired up & names off th Radios & let's you know which one did what !

- http://www.armyradio.co.uk/arsc/customer/pages.php?pageurl=/publish/Articles/William_Howard_German/German_Tank_Radios.htm

- http://www.rkk-museum.ru/about/abc_e.shtml - Here's another one. Lots of pix but not much in th way of what combos were used with what Panzers.

- http://www.laud.no/ww2/ - Th Be-All , End-All .... This guy lives in Holland ( I think) He has a Huge Collection of German WWII Radios ... of All Types. Again ... not too much in literature on How they were used etc ... but Great Pix of th Radios !!

Lookin forward to seein' this Marder ... Wired for Sound !! Dont' forget th headphones & throat Mics ! ;D

P.S. .... I just wired up th Tiger Today !! E-Gadds ... what a P.I.A. !!

CHEERS !!!

\m/

The Who - Tommy Can You Hear Me?

 

[Chris S]

Nice work Chris,

What color of green paint did you use for the engine and tranny?

John ,I actually mixed my own colour ,it may not be quite correct ,but then it cant be seen ;D...I used Humbrol 117 green and lightenedd it with white until i was happy .

Spud & Erik ,Thanks for the info guys ,I appreciate you taking time to do that for me ,once I do a quick update I shall go for a look Thanks again .

Chris.

 

[Junkie]

Sweet looking build! I love the stance this machine has, sloping upwards in the front.

Great build Chris.

 

[Chris S]

Thanks Scott ,yeah I kinda like the Marders too ,maybe do another one soon ...maybe an 'H' ;D

Right then ,paintshop this morning ;D

I started with my usual Dark Brown base ,although it looks grey in the pics !

Once dry it was straight onto colour ....coming next

 

[Chris S]

For the colour I used Tamiya Dark Yellow thinned out with Cellulose . I didnt do any fading of the panels as Im putting a whitewash on once she's all together .

A quick tip , post it notes make great temporary masks !

I'll let this lot dry out now while I put the side walls of the fighting comp together .

Thanks for looking.

Chris.

 

[spud]

coming along nicly chris